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The Oak Park Unified School District is organizing a community-wide read of the book WONDER by R.J. Palacio this summer. This inspiring story about the power, and the importance, of kindness in everyone's life has been selected as the first community read. Copies are available at the Oak Park Library or wherever you download or purchase books. There will be a community book club meeting in the fall - Date/Time TBD - hosted by MCMS teacher, Kathy Mosley. All members of our learning community and the community at large are invited and encouraged to participate.

Medea Creek Middle School and Oak Park High School have been named 2015 Gold Ribbon Schools by the California Department of Education. Medea Creek was recognized for outstanding instructional methods based on professional development teachers have received from the UCLA Critical Thinking Institute. Oak Park High School was recognized for implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards and outstanding instruction in science.

During Earth Week 2015, Oak Park elementary schools raised over $2000 to support S.O.I.L., an organization that supports the construction of composting toilets and soil restoration in Haiti. 2015 is the U.N. international Year of Soil and so that was the focus during Earth Week. Students learned about the importance of the soil and how to nurture and protect it. Assemblies were presented about worms and vermicomposting. Schools will all begin worm composting programs when school resumes in August.

Fifth grade students at Oak Hills Elementary School work a beautiful garden throughout they school year. The recently held an after school produce sale and raised $125 to support the UNICEF relief efforts for children in Nepal.

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Welcome to Oak Park! I invite you to explore our website to learn more about our amazing schools. I am often asked, Why are the Oak Park Schools so special? I think the answer is quite simple, the dedicated teachers, support staff, caring counselors and administrators, the Board of Education who sets the positive direction for the District and sustains the vision, the parents and community that support the schools, the students who bring their diverse interests and needs, all working together with a sense of common purpose. In Oak Park, our students are not data points, they are each unique individuals, and valued by all. We appreciate that parents place their children in our trust knowing they will all have meaningful learning experiences each day that will lead to their development as capable, responsible, and caring adults.